Pre-welt lasting machine



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Filed June 19, 1941 8 Sheets-Sheet 7 Inventor. F'red Dawson June 1, F DA I PREP-WELT LASTING MACHINE I Filed June 19, 1941 8 Sheets-Sheet 8 \nvenTor. Fred Dawson byW W4W 7 A)! s.

Patented June 1, 1943 warren snares PREJVEL'E LASTING MACHINE Fred Dawson, West Roxbury,

Compo Shoe Machinery Corporation,

Mass assi nor n Boston,

21 Claims.

This invention relates to pre-welt lasting machines, that is, lasting machines adapted to last shoe uppers to which the welt has been previously stitched.

Lasting machines of this type are commonly provided with a plurality of wiper elements adapted to engage in the crease between the upper and the welt attached thereto and by their operative movement draw the welted edge of the upper over the bottom of the last and thereafter form a support for the welt while the outsole is adhesively secured to the shoe bottom.

When an assembled last and pre-welted shoe upper are placed in a lasting machine for the lasting operation, there is a tendency sometimes for the upper and the welt at the sides of the shoe to sag somewhat so that the welt may assume a position in or below the path of movement of the side wipers that are designed to operate on the side or shank portion of the upper, and if this condition obtains, there is a possibility that when the side wipers have their operative movement, they will engage the edge of the welt instead of moving in under the welt to engage the upper at the point Where the welt is stitched thereto, thereby producing an imperfect lasting operation.

It is one of the objects of my present invention to provide a novel welt support designed to support the welt at the sides of the shoe and to maintain said welt in a position above the path of movement of the side wipers, so that when the wipers are operated to draw the edge of the upper over the bottom of the last, there will be no interference between the wipers and the welt.

My improved welt support is in the form of two welt-supporting members, one for each side of the shoe, and a further object of the invention is to provide means for controlling the welt supporting members by which they have a retracting movement as the wipers move forward so that said welt supporting members are Withdrawn from the path of movement of the wipers after the latter have moved in under the outer edge of the welt.

Another object of the invention is to provide a novel pre-welt lasting machine in which the side wipers, that is, the wipers which act on the sides of the upper at the shank portion of the shoe,

have a differential movement with respect to the wipers operating on the toe and heel portions of the shoe, in that said side Wipers continue to move forward after the toe and heel wipers have completed their wiping movement. By this means,

a better lasting operation at the shank portion of the shoe is secured.

If the outer sole of a shoe of the pre-welted type is to be attached to the shoe bottom by means of adhesive, it is customary for the operator to place an adhesively coated outsole on the sh o tem a ter he welted ed e of t upper have been drawn over the bottom of the t nd to pound th utsqle som hat o J'ect. h whol to p e ure in Orde o Secure proper adhesion between the outsole and the shoe b t om. n lu in the elth se l r -Welt ast n m in s e f r usually ro ided wi h a las su por which can be moved vertically into contact with the heel portion of the last in order to support the latter while the operator is pounding the outsole, and not infrequently a suitable pawl is provided for holding the last support in its elevated position. In some devices, this pawl is so constructed that it receives the strain clue to the hammer blows.

Another object of my invention is to provide a novel construction of last support by which the pawl that retains the last support in its elevated position will be relieved of substantially all of the strain due to any hammer blows delivered onto the outsole or any pressure applied to the outsole.

A u er bje o the nventi n i t p vi a novel adjustable-stop for the treadle by which the machine is actuated, which stop can be set for difierent widths of shoes to limit the operative movement thereof and thereby the operative movement of the wipers to the correct amount for the particularshoe being lasted.

Further objects of the invention are to improve generally lasting machines of this type in the particulars more fully hereinafter set forth.

In the drawings, wherein I have illustrated a selected embodiment of my invention:

Fig. l is a side view of alasting machine made in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2 is an end view looking toward the left, Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional View on the line 3-3, Fig. 2.

Fig. i is a plan view of the lasting machine with parts broken out to better show the construction.

5 is a plan view of the lower section of the housing showing the welt supports and means for operating them.

Fig. 6 is a section onthe line 5.6, Fig. 4.

Fig. 7 is a section on the line 7-71, Fig. 4.

Fig. 8 is a transverse section on the line 8--t, Fig. 4.

Fig. 9 is a detail of the means for operating the side wiping elements.

10 is a fragmentary sectional view of a portion of the means for giving the toe wiping elements their operative movement.

11 is a vertical sectional view illustrating the welt-supporting elements and operating mechanism therefor.

Fig. 12 is a fragmentary view showin the withdrawn position of the welt support after the side wipers have been moved forwardly into their operative position.

Fig. 13 is a fragmentary side view of one of the welt supports.

Fig. 14 is a fragmentary view illustrating part of the mechanism for withdrawing the welt supports.

Fig. 15 is a section on the line I5-I5, Fig. 14.

Fig. 16 is a fragmentary view illustrating the last support.

Fig. 17 is a section on the line I'l-l'l, Fig. 16.

Fig. 18 is a plan View of the wipers.

Fig. 19 is a fragmentary sectional view showing the side wipers and welt supports and illustrating the position of the latter as the shoe is placed in the lasting machine.

Fig. 20 is a fragmentary sectional view illustrating means for adjusting the heel wipers.

Fig. 21 is a section on the line 2I-2I, Fig. 20.

The lasting machine herein illustrated is of hat type which is equipped with three toe wipers adapted to operate on the toe portion of the upper, three heel wipers, adapted to operate on the heel portion of the upper and two side wipers adapted to operate on the sides of the shoe upper at the shank thereof.

Both the toe wipers and the heel wipers comprise a center or end wiper and two laterally swinging wipers, one either side of the end wiper.

The toe wipers are indicated at 3, 5 and 5, 3 being the end or center wiper and 6 and 5 being the two swinging wipers.

The heel wipers are shown at 6, I and 8, 6 being the center or end heel wiper, and I and 8 being the two swinging wipers.

The side wipers which engage the upper at the shank portion of the shoe are shown at 9 and I9 respectively.

All of these wipers are mounted in the upper section I I of a two-section housing I2, the lower section I3 of said housing resting on and being supported by the pedestal I l.

The end toe wiper 3 is carried by a block I5 (see Fig. 7) which is adjustably mounted on a carriage it that is movable longitudinally of the last for performing the lasting operation by means hereinafter set forth.

The adjustment of the bloclr I5 on the carriage I6 is effected by means of an adjusting screw I1 which is carried by the carriage and has screwthreaded engagement with the block. This adjusting screw has a collar I19 which is held seated against the bearing portion I13 of the slide It by a spring I12 that encircles the shank of the screw and is confined between said bearing portion I13 and the hand wheel III by which the screw is operated.

The swinging wipers 4 and 5 are pivotally mounted at It on the carriage I9, and thus these wipers have a forward movement with the end wiper and are also capable of swinging inwardly toward each other for the lasting operation.

The center or end heel wiper 5 is stationary during the lasting operation, although it is capable of being adjusted to correspond to different sizes of shoes. This center wiper E is carried by a block I9 which is supported in the upper section II of the housing and is capable of being adjusted lengthwise of the shoe by means of an adjusting screw 29 in order to position the heel wiper 6 properly for different sizes of shoes.

The shank of the screw 29 extends through the side wall Iii of the housing section II and has a hand wheel I29 on its projecting end by which it may be operated. Said screw has a collar I22 thereon which is held seated against the wall MI by a spring IE3 that encircles the shank of the screw and is confined between said wall Mi and the hand wheel I20.

The surface I69 of the housing section II on which the block I9 rests is slightly inclined, as seen in Fig. '7, so that when the block is adjusted forwardly, the heel wipers will be raised somewhat, while when the block I9 is adjusted backwardly, said wiper will be lowered.

The block I9 is provided with a concavely curved end face I99 which is designed to engage the counter portion of the shoe during the lasting operation.

The center or end heel wiper 5 is adjustably secured to the block I9 so that the edge I98 of the wiper may be adjusted forwardly or backwardly with relation to the abutment face I99. For this purpose the wiper 6 is shown as being secured to a plate I91 which is mounted on the block I9 but can be adjusted thereon in a direction lengthwise of the last. This plate I91 has a pin I96 rotatably mounted therein which carries at its lower end a circular cam I which is eccentric with relation to said pin. This cam occupies an elongated aperture 299 in the block I9. With this construction, the turning of the pin I99 in the plate I97 will operate through the cam I95 to shift said plate forwardly or backwardly, relative to said block I9, and thereby adjust the active edge I99 of the wiper relative to the abutment face I99.

The pin I96 is provided at its upper end with a screw driver slot 29I to enable it to be turned by the use of a screw driver. 292 represents a clamping nut screw-threaded to the upper end of the pin and by which the latter may be clamped in any adjusted position and thus held from turning. I

The swinging heel wipers l and 8 are carried by swinging arms H, 22, that are pivoted on the block I9, as shown at 23.

The operative forward movement of the toe end wiper 3 is derived from a rock arm 25 which is fast on a rock shaft 25 that extends transversely of and is journaled in the lower section I3 of the housing I2. This arm 25 carries at its upper end a pivotally mounted block 26 which operates in a vertical slot 21 formed in the slide I5. Rocking movement of the rock shaft 25 will. therefore, give forward and backward movement to the slide [6 and the'end toe wiper 3. The rock shaft 25 receives its operative movement by the depression of a treadle 28 fast on a rock shaft 29 journaled in the lower portion of the pedestal I4. This treadle has the lower end of a link 39 pivotally connected thereto, the upper of the link extending into the housing section I3 and being connected to an arm 3I that is fast on a shaft 32 that is parallel to the shaft 25 and is mounted for rocking movement in the lower section I3 of the housing. This arm 3| has an extension 33 adapted to engage a roll 36 carried by the rock arm 26. When the end toe wiper 3 is in its retracted position, the rock arm 24 and the actuating arm ill will be in the position shown in Fig. 10 with the extension 33 resting against the roll. When the treadle is depressed and the arm 3I is rocked counterclockwise, the extension 33 of the arm operates against the roll 34, thereby rocking the arm 2s and giving forward movement to the slide It.

The extension 33 is provided with the concentric surface 39, and the construction is such that as the rock arm 3| is being turned counterclockwise, the extension 33 will move out from under the roll 34, and the concentric face 35 of the extension will then wipe by the roll 34, as shown in Fig. 7, thereby locking the slide in its forward position.

The swinging toe wipers 4 and 5 and also the swinging heel wipers I and 8 are given their swinging operative movement through the medium of slides 36, 31 which are slidably mounted in the upper section II of the two-section head I2 and. are given their operative sliding movement by the downward movement of the treadle 28 Each slide 36, 31 carries two rolls 38, 39 which are adapted to bear against inclined or cam faces 46, 4| respectively, formed on the swinging arms 42, 43. Each arm 42 is pivoted to the upper section II of the two-section housing, as shown at 44, and the inner face of each arm 42 bears against a roll 45 carried by a swinging block 46 to which one of the toe side wipers 4 or 5 is secured, said block being pivoted at IE to the carriage I 6.

The swinging arms 43 with which the rolls 39 engage are pivotally mounted to the upper housingsection I I, as shown at 41, and the inner face of each arm bears against a roll 46 carried by one of the swinging arms 2| or 22 towhich one of the swinging heel wipers is secured.

With this arrangement, it will be observed that a movement ofthe slides 36, 31 to the left, Fig. l, will cause the rolls 38, 39 to travel along the inclined faces 46, 4|, thereby swinging the members 42, 43 inwardly, and this inward swinging movement operates to swing the toe wipers 4 and 5 and the heel wipers l and 3 inwardly.

Since the swinging blocks 46 are pivoted at I8 to the carriage I6 which has an operative move ment in the direction of the length of the last, the inward swinging movement of the toe wipers 4, 5,

will take place while said wipers are moving toward the left, Fig. 4, with the center wiper 3.

Each slide 36, 31, is connected by a link 56 to an arm 5| which is fast on the shaft 25 carrying the arm 24 through which the carriage I6 is moved.

'I'he rocking of the shaft 25 from the position shown in'Fig. 10 to that shown in Fig. 7, as above described, will, therefore, move the carriage I6 and the toe wipers 3, 4 and 5 forwardly, and F Will, at the same time, give operative movement to the slides 36, 37, thereby causing both the side toe wipers 4, 5, and the side heel wipers I, 8, to be swung inwardly, these movements of the wipers serving to draw the toe and heel portions of the upper over the last.

The treadle 28 is shown in the drawings in the lowered position which it assumes when it has been depressed by the operator, but when the treadle is released, it will be automatically raised into a position indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2

by means of a spring I I4 which encircles the upper end of the treadle rod 36. One end of this spring is backed by a collar I93 on the treadle rod 36, and the other end rests in a, seat or support I92 carried by the pedestal I4. When the treadle is depressed, therefore, the spring I I4 is compressed, but when the treadle is released, the expansion of the spring serves to raise the treadle and thus turn the shaft 32 clockwise from the l position shown in Fig. '7 to that shown in Fig. 10, thereby giving the slides 36, 37 a retracting movement toward the right in Fig. 4. The pivoted blocks or arms 46 to which the swinging toe wipers 4 and 5 are secured and also the pivoted arms 2|, 22, to which the swinging heel wipers I and 8 are pivoted are acted on by springs 263 which serve to move the swinging wipers outwardly when the slides 36, 37 have been retracted. These springs 203 are shown as encircling shouldered pins 264 which extend through lugs 295 carried by the swinging arms, the springs being confined between said hugs and the shoulder of they pin. Inward swinging movement of the arms, there fore, compresses the springs 263, and when the slides 36, 31 are retracted, these springs act to swing the arms and thus the swinging wipers outwardly.

The arm 24 which carries the roll 34 has one or more pulling springs I32 connected thereto,

said springs serving to turn the arm 24 from the position shown in Fig. '7 to its initial position in Fig. 10 and thereby retract the toe wipers whenever the treadle 28 is released.

In the drawings, I have shown a last 6| to the bottom of which an insole 49 has been temporarily secured, and which has been assembled with a pre-welted upper 62, that is, an upper to which a welt 63 has been previously stitched. During the operative movements of the toe and heel wipers, above described, said wipers engage the upper 62 between thelatter and the attached welt 63 and fold the edge of the upper over the bottom of the last and into proper position relative to the edge of the insole 49, as usual in prewelt lasting machines.

The side wipers 9 and I6 by which the sides or shank portions of the upper are drawn tight over the last are carried by slides 52, 53, which are mounted in the upper section II of the housing for sliding movement transversely of the last. Each slide 52, 53 is provided with a cam slot 54 in which is received a roll 55 carried by a sliding bar 56 situated beneath the transverse slide 52 or 53.

With thisarr-angement, movement of the sliding bars 56 in the direction of their length will operate through the cam slots 54 and rolls 55 to move the wiper-carrying slides 52, 53 transversely.

The sliding bars 56 are given their operative movement by the depression of the treadle 28. The construction is such, however, that during the first portion of the downward movement of the-treadle, both the slides 36, 31and the sliding bars 56 are given an operative movement so that all of the wipers begin to close in onto the edge of the upper, while during the latter part of the downward movement of the treadle, the toe and heel wipers remain stationary while the side wipers 9 and II] continue their forward or operative movement, thereby to insure that the shank portion of the upper is wrapped tightly around the last.

Each of the sliding bars 56 isconnected by a link '57 to one arm of an elbow lever 58 that is loosely mounted on the shaft 25, as shown in Fig. 9. The other arm of each elbow lever 58 is connected through a link 59 with an arm 66 fast on the shaft 32 to which the treadle rod 39 is attached.

causing the toe wipers to move forwardly. This turning movement of the shaft 32 also operates through the links 59 and elbow levers 58 to move the slide bars 56 forwardly, thereby giving an initial movement to the side wipers 9 and Ill.

When the shaft 32 has been turned into a position in which the roll 34 runs off from the end of the extension 93 and the concentric surface 35 begins to wipe by the roll, as shown in Fig. '7, then during further downward movement of the treadle, the carriage I5 and the swinging wipers will remain stationary, but because of the continued turning movement of the shaft 32, the sliding bars 56 will be given a further forward movement, thereby continuing the inward movement of the side wipers 9 and I9.

This is illustrated somewhat diagrammatically in Fig. 18, wherein the dotted line position of the side wipers 9 and It may be considered as the position which said wipers occupy at the time that the toe and heel wipers have completed their operative movement, the movement of the side wipers from the dotted to the full line position being that which occurs while the concentric surface 35 of the arm 3| is wiping by the roll 34, and 'while the toe and heel wipers remain stationary in their innermost position.

The final pulling of the sides of the upper over the shank portion of the last, therefore, occurs after the wiping operation has been completed at the toe and heel portion of the last.

The side wipers 9 and I9 are detachably mounted on their supporting slides 52, 53, so that said wipers can be readily removed from the slides and replaced by other wipers having a different contour.

These side wipers 9 and it are also adjustable on their slides 52 and 53, so that their initial position may be changed or adjusted for different sizes and widths of shoes.

Each wiper plate 9 and I is shown as secured to a block I56 which rests on but is removable from a carriage I! that is adjustably mounted on' the slide'52 or 53. Each carriage I5I is'adjusted transversely of the last by an adjusting screw I59, the shank of which occupies a groove in the wall I53 of the slide, said shank having two collars I52 thereon between which the wall I53 is received. The screw I59 is provided at its outer end with a wrench-receiving head I54 by which the screw may be rotated. This head I54 is made accessible through an opening I55 in the wall of the upper housing section II. Each carriage I5I is provided with a positioning shoulder I94 with which the block I56 engages and by which it is properly positioned. Each block I56 is formed with a plate-like extension I93 which overlies the carriage I5I, and each block is removably retained on the carriage by means of a spring-pressed locking pin l5'I which is mounted in the carriage and is backed by a spring I53. Theplate-like member l93 has an aperture to receive the upper end of the locking pin I51 when it is in its raised position, as shown in Fig. 8. When the pin I5! is depressed against the action of the spring I59, thereby to withdraw the pin from the plate-like extension l95, theblock I56 with its attached wiper 9 or I9 can be readily removed from the machine.

To insert, a wiper in the machine, it is only necessary to place the wiper in position with the plate-like member I93 overlying the carriage 52 or 53 and to adjust said wiper until the locking pin I51 registers with the hole in the plate. The spring I58 will then automatically raise the looking pin into the hole or aperture, thereby secur- .ing the wiper in place.

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" edges of these plates When a last 5| with an upper 62 assembled therewith, to which upper a welt 63 has been previously stitched, is placed in the machine ready for the lasting operation, there is sometimes a tendency for the upper and welt to sag somewhat at the sides of the shoe, so that the outer edge of the welt drops'into the path of movement of the side wipers 9, ll].

One feature of the present invention relates to a novel welt support by which the side portions of the welt are supported in positions above the path of movement of the side wipers 9 and I0, thereby preventing said wipers from engaging the edge of the welt during their operative movement and insuring that the wipers will move in under the welt.

This welt support comprises two supporting plates 64, 65, which are carried by arms 55, 61, which are mounted in the lower section I3 of the two-part housing. These arms 55, B! are acted on by springs which tend normally to force the welt-supporting plates 64, 65 toward each other, but which normally leaves them sufiiciently separated to permit the last GI with-the upper 62 thereon to be forced between them. As herein shown, each arm 65, 91 has a link 68 pivotally connected thereto at 69, the end of the link extending through an aperture Ill in the side wall of the housing section I3. Surrounding the stem of each link 53 is a coil spring II which bears at one end against a shoulder I2 with which the link is provided, and at the other end bears against a collar I3 through which the stem of the link 58 loosely passes, said collar bearing against the wall of the housing member I3. The tendency of the springs II is to force the arms 56, 61 toward each other. The spring-impelled movement of each arm is limited by a check nut I4 screw-threaded to the outer end of the stem of the link 58.

When the assembledshoe upper and last are placed in the machine, the top or narrow portion of the last will enter between the welt-supporting plates 64, 65, as shown in Fig. ,19, and as the shoe and last are settled into position, the upper slide over the sides of the upper until they contact the welt 53, as seen in Fig. 11. When the shoe and last are thus properly positioned in the machine, the welt on each side of the shoe rests on and is supported by the welt-supporting plates 54, 55, and thereby said welt is held in a position above the path of movement of the side wipers 9 and I9.

When, therefore, the treadle 28 is depressed to give operative movement to the various wipers, the side portions of the welt 63 are maintained in a position above the side wipers 9 and I0 so that the latter will move in under the Welt, and there i no danger that the side wipers will engage the edge of the welt.

Means are provided whereby as soon as the side wipers 9, I9 have moved in under the outer edge of the welt, the welt supporting plates are retracted or moved downwardly and thus are withdrawn from the path of movement of the side wipers 9 and Ill. This withdrawing or retracting movement of the welt support is accomplished by the downward movement of the treadle 28 through the following mechanism.

The lower end of the arm 69 is pivotally connected to a pin I5 which is carried by a rock shaft '55 but is mounted eccentrically of said shaft, as shown in Figs. 14 and 15. This shaft I5 is journaled in suitable bearings 'II carried by the lower housing section I3, and said shaft has an arm I8 fast thereon to which is connected the upper end of a link 79 that has its lower end pivotally connected at 85 to an arm 8 fast on the treadle shaft 29.

The lower end of the arm 61 is similarly pivotally connected to a pin 8| carried by a shaft 82 also journaled in the lower housing section I3, said pin 8| having an eccentric relation to the shaft 82. This shaft 82 has an arm 83 fast thereon to which is pivotally connected the upper end of a link 84, the lower end of said link being pivoted at 85a to the arm 89.

When, therefore, the treadle 28 is depressed and the treadle shaft 29 is thereby rocked, the downward swinging movement of the arm 80 acts through the links I9 and 84 to rock the shafts It and 82, and because of the eccentric relation of the pins I5 and 8|, such rocking movement of the shafts produces a lowering movement of the welt supports 64, 65. This withdrawing movement of the welt supports, therefore, takes place coincidently with the inward movement of the side wipers, and thus the welt supports are withdrawn from the path of movement of the side wipers as the latter have their final inward movement, .and as clearly shown in Fig. 12. 84 are 'pivotally connected to the same arm 80 but at different distances from the axis .of the shaft 29, and, therefore, when the treadle 28 is depressed, the link 84 will have a movement slightly greater than that of the link I9. pensate for this, I make the arm 83 slightly longer than the arm I8 so that .the two welt supports will have the same downward movement when the treadle is depressed.

I have provided herein an adjustable stop for the treadle 28 which limits its downward move ment and which can be adjusted for different widths of shoes to insure that the treadle will be brought to rest when the wipers have been moved forwardly the correct distance to last properly a shoe of a given width.

The treadle 28 carries a stop screw 85, the lower end of which is adapted to engage a wedgeshaped stop member 81 that is mounted for sliding movement on the base 88 of the pedestal I4. This wedge-shapedstop member 81 is connected by a link 89 with an arm 90 that is fast on a vertical shaft SI that stands alongside the pedestal I4. The upper end of the shaft 9| is provided with a handle or arm 92 by which the shaft can be turned. Turning movement of the shaft operates to move the wedge-shaped stop member 81 to the right or left Figs. 2 and 3, and because of the wedge shape of the member 81-, a movement thereof to the left in Fig. 2 will place the stop in a position to bring the treadle 28 to rest at a point above that shown in full lines in Fig. 2.

Similarly, a movement of the wedgeeshaped stop member 81 to the right will allow the treadle to be moved further downwardly.

The handle Q2 carries an index or pointer '93 which operates over a scale 94. This scale is so graduated in shoe sizes that when the operator is working on shoes of a given width, he may set the handle 92 at the proper point to place the stop member 81 in the correct position to limit the downward movement of the treadle for that particular size of shoe.

In pre-welt lasting machines of this type, it is customary to provide a vertically movable last support adapted to engage and support the heel portion of the last while the outer sole is being applied to .the lasted shoe. Such last support is shown in Figs. 16 and 17, and it comprises .a sup- The two links 19 and To com.-

porting pin .95 which is mounted for vertical movement in a supporting member comprising a hollow post 96 rising from a base 91. This supporting pin 95 is acted upon by a spring 98 which tends to depress said pin, one end of the spring 98 bearing against the interior shoulder, 99 formed in the post, and the other end bearing against a shoulder I00 with which the pin is pro vided. Situated within the base 91 is a wedge unit comprising a wedge-shaped portion IOI and a slide portion I103. The lower end of the supporting pin 95 rests on the Wedge-shaped portion IOI, said lower end being inclined as shown at I02 to provide a proper bearing against the inclined surface of said wedge-shaped portion I04. The wedge-shaped portion I 0! is mounted on the slide portion I03 and these two portions may be integral with each other as indicated in Fig. 17. The slide portion I03 extends through the base 91 and is connected bya link I04 to an arm I05 fast on a vertical shaft I06 that is journaled in suitable bearings I01 with which the lower housing section I3 is provided. This shaft I07 carries at its upper end a handle I08 by which the shaft Hit can be turned, thereby to shift the Wedge unit II, I03 within the housing or base 97.

After the assembled shoe upper and last have been placed in the machine and the wipers have been operated to wipe the edge of the upper over the bottom ofthe last, the operator then actuates the arm I00 thereby moving the wedge unit lElI, I03 toward the left, Fig. 16, and causing the supporting pin '95 to be moved upwardly into engagement with the last 6I, as shown in dotted lines, Fig. '16. Theslide portion I03 of the wedge unit is provided on its lower face with ratchet teeth Hi9 which cooperate with a spring-pressed pawl H0 to prevent backward movement of the wedge unit. This pawl is pivotally mounted at HI and is provided with .a tail I I2 that is acted on by a spring. H3 which keeps the nose of the pawl in engagementwith the ratchet.

When the handle I08 is turned to raise the last support 95 the pawl He will click over the teeth I139, and after the last support 95 has been brought-into contact with the last for supporting the latter, the. pawl H0 will lock the wedge unit IOI, Iii-3 from backward movement and will thus maintain th last support in its elevated position.

, When the shoe has been lasted, the operator usually applies to the shoe bottoman outer sole which has been previously coated with cement, and in order to obtain good adhesion between the outer sole and the shoe bottom, including the welt 53, it is customary for the operator to subject the outer sole to repeated blows of a mallet or other implement. With the construction illustrated in Figs. 1-6 and -17, these hammer blows are received directly bythe wedge-shaped portion I05 .of the wedge unit and only indirectlyby the pawl and ratchet, and thus the pawl and ratchet are relieved from the severe strain of hammer blows such asthey would be subjected to if the pawl cooperated with the teeth on the rising and falling last support v9.5.

I have provided herein means whereby when the pressure .on the treadle is relieved and the latter is raised by the action of the spring He,

the pawl I1Il will be automatically disengaged from the ratchet teeth I9, thereby allowing the wedge pnit IiiI, N13 to be moved back to its initial position and permitting the last support 95 to'move downwardly into its lowered position.

leasing arm H which is pivoted to the base 9'! at H6, and which is connected by a link H! to a collar H8 on the treadle rod 30. When the treadle is depressed, the downward movement of the rod 30 pulls the link H'l downwardly and thus swings the arm H5 into the full line position, Fig. 16, away from the tail I; I2 of the pawl. Said pawl is, therefore, free to function as above described. When pressure on the treadle 28 is released, however, and the latter is raised by the spring H4, the upward movement of the treadle rod 30 causes upward movement of the link H1, thereby swinging the pawl-releasing arm H5 into the dotted line position, Fig. 16, and causing it to engage the tail H2 of the pawl, thereby throwing the pawl out of engagement with the ratchet teeth I09, as shown in dotted lines, Fig. 16.

The arm N15 has connected thereto one end of a pulling spring I26, the other end of which is anchored to the housing section l3, as shown at I21. This spring has a normal tendency to swing the arm N15 to the right in Fig. 5, thereby to move the wedge-shaped member liil into its retracted position, shown in Fig. 16. Consequently whenever the pawl H0 is released by the upward swinging movement of the arm H5, as shown by dotted lines, Fig. 16, the spring I26 functions to return the wedge-shaped block It! to its initial position.

The last support, shown in Fig. 16 is made adjustable in the direction of the length of the last, so as to provide for placing the supporting pin 95 in a correct position for supporting properly lasts of different sizes. This adjustment is secured by means of an adjusting screw H9 which is rotatably mounted in the bearing member I45 and which has screw-threaded engagement with the base 91. The screw is provided with a hand wheel l2l by which it may be turned.

By rotating the adjusting screw H9 in one direction or the other, the position of the lastsupporting member 95 may be adjusted lengthwise of the last and thus placed in the correct position for the particular size of the last being used. The adjustment of the base 91 by means of the screw H9 also adjusts the positionof the last-supporting member 95 relative to the wedge [Eli and thereby determines the normal retracted position of said last-supporting memmer, it being understood that normally, the spring 98 holds the last-supporting member 95 in its lowered position in contact with the wedge member I claim:

1. A pre-welt lasting machine comprisng a plurality of wipers for folding the welt-carrying edge of the upper over the bottom of the last, said wipers including a pair of of wipers acting on the upper at the sides of the shoe, means to operate the wipers, and a welt support to engage the welt at the sides of the shoe and support it above the path of movement of the side wipers.

2. A pre-welt lasting machine comprising a plurality of wipers for folding the welt-carrying edge of the upper over the bottom of the last, said wipers including two side wipers for operating on the sides of the shoe being lasted,

means to operate the wipers, two welt-support-' ingelements, on eitherside of said shoe, andeach adapted to engage the welt and support For this purpose, I have provided a pawl-re-' in a position above the path of movement of the corresponding side wiper.

3. A pre-welt lasting machine comprising a plurality of wipers to engage the upper between the upper and the welt attached thereto and to wipe the edge of the upper over the bottom of the last, means to operate th wipers, a welt support for engaging the welt and supporting it above the path of movement of the wipers, and means to retract the welt support during the operative movement of the wipers.

4. A pre-welt lasting machine comprising 'a plurality of wipers to engage the upper between the latter and the welt attached thereto, means to operate the wipers to fold the welt-carrying edge of the upper over the bottom of the last, two welt-supporting elements, one either side of the shoe being lasted and each adapted to engage the welt and support it in a position above the path of movement of the wipers, and means to retract th welt-supporting elements during the operative movement of the wipers.

5. A pre-welt lasting machine comprising a plurality of wipers for folding the welt-carrying edge of the upper over the bottom of the last, wiper-operating mechanism, a welt support for engaging the welt and supporting it above the path of movement of the wipers, and means actuated by the wiper-operating mechanism to retract the welt support during the operative movement of the wipers.

6. A pre-welt lasting machine comprisinga plurality of wipers for folding the welt-carrying edge of the upper over the bottom of the last, wiper-operating mechanism including a treadle, a welt support for engaging the welt and supporting it above th path of movement of the wipers, and means actuated by the treadle to retract the welt support during the operative movement of the wipers.

'7. A pre-welt lasting machine comprising a plurality of wipers for folding the welt-carrying edge of the upper over the bottom of the last, means, including a treadle, for operating the wipers, two welt-supporting elements to engage the welt at each side of the shoe and support it above they path of movement of the wipers, two pivotally mounted arms swingable toward and from each other on which said welt-supporting elements are carried, springs acting on said arms and yieldingly holding the welt-supporting elements in operative position to-receive between them a shoe to b lasted. I

8. A pre-welt lasting machine comprising a plurality of wipersfor folding the welt-carrying edge of the upper over the bottom of the last, means, including a treadle, for operating the wipers, two welt-supporting elements to engage the welt at each side of the shoe and support it above the path of movement of the wipers, two pivotally mounted arms swingable toward and from each other on which said welt-supporting elements are carried, springs acting on said arms and yieldingly holding the welt-supporting elements inoperativeposition to receive between them a shoe to belasted, a rock shaft for each arm, a connection between each rock shaft and its arm by whichturning movement of therock shaft will give the arm and its welt-supporting element a retracting movement, and means actuated by the, treadleto turn the rock shafts.

9. A lasting machine comprising a plurality of wipers inoludingtoe wipers, heel wipers and side wipers, atreadle, connections between the treadle and theside wipers. by which the latter are given their operative movement as the treadle is depressed, and means actuated by said connections to operate the toe and heel wipers and to complete their operative movement prior to the ter mination of the operative movement of the side wipers.

10. A lasting machine comprising a plurality of wipers including toe Wipers, heel wipers and side wipers, a treadle, connections between the treadl and the side wipers by which the latter are given their operative movement as the treadle is depressed, said connections including a rock shaft, a second rock shaft, connections between the latter and th toe and heel wipers by which said toe and heel wipers are operated as the second rock shaft is turned, and means to turn the second rock shaft by the turning movement of the first rock shaft, said latter means operating to give the second rock shaft its complete turning movement before the treadle has been completely depressed.

11. A lasting machine comprising a plurality of wipers including heel wipers, toe wipers and side wipers, a treadle, connections between the treadle and the side wipers by which the latter are given their operative movement as the treadle is depressed, said connections including a rock shaft, a second rock shaft, connections between the second rock shaft and the toe and heel wipers by which the latter are operated as said second rock shaft is turned, an arm on the first rock shaft having its end formed on an arc concentric with said shaft, a cooperating arm on the second rock shaft adapted to be engaged and operated by the first-mentioned arm as the firstmentioned rock shaft is turned, said arms having such a relation that the contact point between the arms will pass onto the concentric end of the first arm before the treadle is fully depressed, whereby the operative movement of the toe and heel wipers will be terminated before the operative movement of the side wipers has been completed.

12. A lasting machine comprising a plurality of wipers, means for operating said wipers, said means including a treadle, an adjustable Wedgeshaped stop member beneath the treadle to limit its downward movement, and means to adjust said stop member.

13. A lasting machine comprising a plurality of wipers, means to operate said wipers, said means including a treadle, a stop screw carried by the treadle, an adjustable wedge-shaped stop member beneath the treadle and adapted to be engaged by the stop screw to limit the downward movement of the treadle, and means to adjust the stop member relative to the treadle.

14. A lasting machine comprising a plurality of wipers, means for operating said wipers, said means including a treadle, a spring normally holding the treadle raised, a vertically movable last-supporting pin, an adjustable wedge-shaped member on which the pin rests, means to move said wedge-shaped member horizontally, thereby to raise the pin into engagement with the last, releasable means for holding the wedge-shaped member in its adjusted position, and means to release said releasable means when the treadle is raised.

15. A lasting machine comprising a plurality of wipers, means for operating said wipers, said means including a treadle, a spring normally holding the treadle raised, a vertically movable last-supporting pin, an adjustable wedge-shaped member on which the pin rests, means to move said wedge-shaped member horizontally, thereby to raise the pin into engagement with the last, a pawl cooperating with said wedge-shaped member to hold it in its adjusted position, and means actuated by the treadle when the latter is raised to release the pawl.

16. A pre-welt lasting machine comprising a plurality of wipers for folding the welt-carrying edge of the upper over the bottom of the last, means to operate the wipers, a welt support having a welt-engaging edge normally situated above the path of movement of the wipers, and means to give the welt support a downward retracting movement during the operative movement of the wipers.

1'7. A pre-welt lasting machine comprising a plurality of wipers for folding the welt carrying edge of the upper over the bottom of the last, means to operate the wipers, a welt support for engaging the under face of the welt and supporting it above the path of movement of the wipers, and means to give the welt support a downward retracting movement during the operative movement of the wipers.

18. A pre-welt lasting machine comprising a plurality of wipers for folding the welt-carrying edge of the upper over the bottom of the last, means to operate the wipers, a Welt support separate from the wipers and adapted to engage the under face of the welt and support it above the path of movement of the wipers, and means to give the welt support a downward retracting movement during the operative movement of the wipers.

19. A lasting machine comprising a plurality of wipers including toe wipers, heel wipers, and side wipers, wiper-actuating mechanism including means for giving all the wipers simultaneous forward movement until the toe and heel wipers complete their movement and then giving the side wipers a further advancing movement.

20. A lasting machine comprising a plurality of wipers, means for operating said wipers, a support adjustable lengthwise of a shoe presented to said wipers, a last-supporting pin slidable vertically in said support, a movable wedge-shaped member on which said last-supporting pin rests, means for moving said wedge-shaped member to raise said pin into engagement with a last, and means for adjusting said support with respect to said wedge-shaped member to determine the normal lowered position of said pin.

21. A lasting machine comprising a plurality of wipers, means for operating said Wipers, a support adjustable lengthwise of a shoe presented to said wipers, a last-supporting pin slidable vertically in said support, a movable wedge-shaped member on which said last-supporting pin rests, means for moving said wedge-shaped member to raise said pin into engagement with a last, a spring acting on said pin and resisting its upward movement, and means for adjusting said support with respect to said wedge-shaped member to determine the normal lowered position of said pin.

FRED DAWSON. 

